Claude, Duke of Guise

Claude, Duke of Guise (20 October 1496-12 April 1550) was a French aristocrat and general who was Duke of Guise from 1528 to 1550, preceding Francis, Duke of Guise.

Biography
Claude de Guise was the second son of Rene II of Lorraine and Philippa of Guelders and the brother of Mary of Guise, and he married Antoinette de Bourbon at the age of 17. He fought at the Battle of Marignano in 1515, and he received 22 wounds during the battle. He later captured Fuenterrabia in 1521 and became Governor of Champagne and Burgundy in 1523 after defeating the Imperial troops at Neufchateau in the Vosges. In 1525, during the German Peasants' War, he defeated a peasant army at Saverne, and, in 1528, King Francis I of France made Claude the first Duke of Guise. In 1557, he was sent by his sister to meet with his niece, Mary, Queen of Scots, at the court of King Henry II of France in Paris, where he informed her of the English invasion of Scotland. After the Battle of Outreau, he demanded that Mary fix the situation and ensure that Scotland was saved from invasion.